Depression over Bay of Bengal intensifies into deep depression

Bhubaneswar: With the depression over central Bay of Bengal moving north-northwestwards during the past six hours and intensifying into a deep depression, the weather office here cautioned the fishermen against venturing into the sea and those out at sea off the Odisha coast to return.

It also suggested hoisting of Distant Cautionary Signal Number One (DC-I) at Paradip and Gopalpur ports.

In a bulletin, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that the deep depression lay centred at about 700 km south-southeast of Paradip over central Bay of Bengal near latitude 14.00 N and longitude 87.00 E at 8:30 am on Thursday.

"It would move northwestwards and intensify further into a cyclonic storm during the next 24 hours. It would then move west-northwestwards towards Andhra Pradesh coast. It wouldweaken gradually into a depression while reaching near the coast on November 8 night," the bulletin said.

Though there is no rainfall forecast, the IMD predicted dry weather over Odisha during the next 24 hours.